iv. LFS and Standards

The LSB has four separate standards: Core, Desktop, Runtime
Languages, and Imaging. In addition to generic requirements
there are also architecture specific requirements. There are
also two areas for trial use: Gtk3 and Graphics. LFS attempts
to conform to the architectures discussed in the previous
section.

Note

Many people do not agree with the requirements of the LSB.
The main purpose of defining it is to ensure that proprietary
software will be able to be installed and run properly on a
compliant system. Since LFS is source based, the user has
complete control over what packages are desired and many
choose not to install some packages that are specified by the
LSB.

Creating a complete LFS system capable of passing the LSB
certifications tests is possible, but not without many additional
packages that are beyond the scope of LFS. These additional packages
have installation instructions in BLFS.